Storage - SAN

• Current SAN environment utilizes Hitachi 9980s and 9585s within the midrange Unix environment. There is currently over 20 Terabytes within this environment.

• The switch connectivity between storage arrays and systems are Cisco and Brocade.

• The storage subsystems are managed and maintained by the Mt Xia Storage Management Group.

• Each system utilizes redundant paths through the SAN fabric to provide high availability in the event of a hardware failure.

• Disk mirroring is generally not done within the SAN environment.

• Server based striping is not performed because the SAN environment is already performing this action.

• The current direction is for all storage to reside on the SAN environment, including boot volumes.

For assistance with designing, implementing, and supporting your storage systems in a business continuity design structure, please contact Mt Xia.